Daughter and friends still in hospital after party tragedy

The academic arrested after schoolgirl Isobel Jones-Reilly died of a drug overdose at a party at his home could be suspended from his job.

Brian Dodgeon, 60, was held on suspicion of child abandonment and possessing drugs when the 15-year-old died after taking a cocktail of illegal substances including ecstasy.

Mr Dodgeon's 14-year-old daughter Beatrice Hadjipateras and two friends, Jamel Clarke and Harry Barton, are still in hospital after also taking the drugs, which were found at the unsupervised party in the early hours of Saturday.

His partner Angela Hadjipateras, 54, was interviewed under caution by detectives and could face charges of child abandonment.

Detectives are trying to establish how the drugs, including LSD, amphetamines and ketamine, came to be at the house in North Kensington. Mr Dodgeon is an education expert at the University of London's Institute of Education where he researches social problems including alcohol consumption.

A meeting of the institute's senior leadership team was taking place today to establish if there should be any disciplinary action. A spokesman said: "Like everyone else, the Institute was deeply sorry to hear of the tragic events of Friday night, and extends its sympathy to Isobel Reilly's family and friends There is a routine meeting of the Institute's senior leadership team this morning. Nothing further can be said before that meeting has taken place."

Friends of Isobel, known as Issy, have vented their frustration at her death online. Luke Harland wrote: "R.I.P issy. You was a good friend and love you with all my heart. Sad to say good bye babes xxxxx remember our primary days like they was yesterday :( "

Jayne Williamson, an English teacher at Isobel's Chiswick Community School, whose son was at the party, said: "She was into the kind of things that teenagers get into but she got into the worldwide web. She got caught and we are devastated."

Isobel collapsed at about 4am having suffered a heart attack. Paramedics took her to St Mary's Hospital but she could not be resuscitated.

Her parents Lynne Jones and Patrick Reilly said: "We hope that if anything positive comes from this dreadful event, it is that others will make the right decisions to be safe and well in the future."

About 150 friends gathered round the tree in Chiswick Common yesterday. Her brother Jack, 17, was among those who laid flowers and messages.